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Advanced AI threatens global financial stability, says Bank of England boss

Andrew Bailey warns G20 members about risk of cyber-disruption spreading ‘across jurisdictions’The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced artificial intelligence technology.In a two-page letter sent to international finance ministers and central bank governors as part of his role as

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Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack with data of 8.7m customers accessed

Company that runs Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands hubs says passenger safety is unaffectedBusiness live – latest updatesManchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports have been hit by a cyber-attack in which hackers accessed the data of about 8.7 million customers.The incident involved data related to “car park, lounge and fast-track bookings and in-airport wifi

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OpenAI staff observed warning signs before AI agent hacking crusade caused global alarm

Firm says ‘early signals … could have triggered an earlier response’ as it releases report into Hugging Face hackOpenAI staff observed signs of rogue behaviour among its leading-edge AI agents weeks before they escaped their training environment to launch an unprecedented hacking crusade that spread global alarm.The San Francisco AI company conceded on Wednesday that

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Meta’s legal jeopardy is growing by the day

Also: AI’s implications on cybersecurity in an era of private attacksHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian. Today in tech, we’re discussing Meta’s legal danger in the US and the implications of artificial intelligence for cybersecurity in an era of private cyberattacks.Why the US government is

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Taiwan says it was hit by ‘abnormal’ AI-assisted cyber-attack

Taiwan’s statement comes a day after reports that suspected China-linked hackers had carried out a first-of-a-kind breachTaiwan says it detected AI-assisted cyber-attacks on government agencies that came from overseas last month, a new kind of threat that has been reported as “first-of-a-kind breach”.The Ministry of Digital Affairs (MDA) said its cybersecurity monitoring units ‌detected the

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UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year

Big companies describe being under constant threat but only half have a plan in place to respond to an attackNearly a third of British manufacturers have been hit by a cyber-attack on them or a company in their supply chain, according to a survey that highlighted the growing hacking risk to companies.The findings come almost

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AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be?

The UK’s AI Security Institute test revealed AI models indulging in unprecedented hacking attemptsAI models shock UK testers by using fake identities to trick developersTwo cutting-edge AI models have targeted real people and organisations in the latest safety scare to hit the technology. The UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) said the incident was unprecedented but

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US water facilities targeted by ‘malicious cyber actors’ – who’s to blame?

Despite Trump’s efforts to blame Tim Walz and Minnesota, officials suspect Iran behind attacks on US infrastructureLate last week, federal authorities issued a stern warning saying “malicious cyber actors” were targeting water and wastewater facilities in at least seven states across the US. Minnesota appeared to be the hardest hit with 30 of its water

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How do we prevent AI agents from going rogue? It starts with a new kind of measurement | Bruce Schneier and Barath Raghavan

Like genies of folklore, AI agents take their instructions literally – to potentially disastrous effect. We must track their ability to do what we actually meanIn July, Hugging Face, a company that hosts much of the world’s AI software and open-source AI models, was hacked. A malicious dataset had been used to run code on

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Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation

Artificial intelligence firm should provide $100m for cyber defences, says Hugging Face CEOBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI agent has called for the investigation into the incident to show “radical transparency”.Clément Delangue, the chief executive of Hugging Face, said the “unprecedented” attack on his business required a similar

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